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How to go back to previous frame after button click using Tkinter on Python?

Jem

I want to have a GUI with 2 buttons. Once clicked on either button, I want to see a new GUI which has a button to go back to the main GUI with the two buttons again.

This is what I’ve got right now but the ‘Go back’ button doesn’t do anything. How can I go back to my first page using tkinter?

from tkinter import *


root = Tk()
root.title('Frames')
root.geometry('500x250+300+300')

# Position frame
frame = LabelFrame(root, text='Such a dilemma', padx=25, pady=25)
frame.pack(padx=10, pady=50)

# What do the buttons do
def bad():
    frame.grid_forget()
    b.grid_forget()
    b2.grid_forget()
    slechtekeuze = Label(frame, text='Bad choice')
    slechtekeuze.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2)

    # Option to got back
    homepage = Button(frame, text='Go back', command=back)
    homepage.grid(row=1, column=0, columnspan=2, pady=10)

def good():
    frame.grid_forget()
    b.grid_forget()
    b2.grid_forget()
    slechtekeuze = Label(frame, text='Good choice')
    slechtekeuze.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2)

    # Option to go back
    homepage = Button(frame, text='Terug', command=back)
    homepage.grid(row=1, column=0, columnspan=2, pady=10)


def back():
    frame.grid_forget()
    frame1 = LabelFrame(root, text='Such a dilemma', padx=25, pady=25)
    frame1.pack(padx=10, pady=50)

    b = Button(frame1, text="Don't click!!!", fg='red', command=bad)
    b2 = Button(frame1, text='Click!!!', fg='green', command=good)

    b.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=3)
    b2.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=3)

# Create the buttons and put them in the frame
b = Button(frame, text="Don't click!!!", fg='red', command=bad)
b2 = Button(frame, text='Click!!!', fg='green', command=good)

b.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=3)
b2.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=3)

root.mainloop()

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Answer

It does work, expand your screen a bit. The frames get added below.

I’ve edited it a bit as much in your style as possible:

from tkinter import *


root = Tk()
root.title('Frames')
root.geometry('500x250+300+300')

# Position frame
frame = LabelFrame(root, text='Such a dilemma', padx=25, pady=25)
frame.pack(padx=10, pady=50)

# What do the buttons do
def bad(frame):
    frame.destroy()
    frame = LabelFrame(root, text='Such a dilemma', padx=25, pady=25)
    frame.pack(padx=10, pady=50)
    slechtekeuze = Label(frame, text='Bad choice')
    slechtekeuze.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2)

    # Option to got back
    homepage = Button(frame, text='Go back', command=lambda:back(frame))
    homepage.grid(row=1, column=0, columnspan=2, pady=10)

def good(frame):
    frame.destroy()
    frame = LabelFrame(root, text='Such a dilemma', padx=25, pady=25)
    frame.pack(padx=10, pady=50)
    slechtekeuze = Label(frame, text='Good choice')
    slechtekeuze.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2)

    # Option to go back
    homepage = Button(frame, text='Terug', command=lambda:back(frame))
    homepage.grid(row=1, column=0, columnspan=2, pady=10)


def back(frame):
    frame.destroy()
    frame = LabelFrame(root, text='Such a dilemma', padx=25, pady=25)
    frame.pack(padx=10, pady=50)

    b = Button(frame, text="Don't click!!!", fg='red', command=lambda:bad(frame))
    b2 = Button(frame, text='Click!!!', fg='green', command=lambda:good(frame))

    b.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=3)
    b2.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=3)

# Create the buttons and put them in the frame
b = Button(frame, text="Don't click!!!", fg='red', command=lambda:bad(frame))
b2 = Button(frame, text='Click!!!', fg='green', command=lambda:good(frame))

b.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=3)
b2.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=3)

root.mainloop()
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